Author Topic: To Telesphorus (Read 841 times)

Telesphorus · « **on:** March 31, 2012, 05:59:36 PM »

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In all the time that I have been reading your posts (which I have enjoyed) I have never seen you crack a joke.

Don't get me wrong, I do not think you are humorless. You have a precise eye which cuts through the flab of this world. You see so clearly that your observations are saturated with humor; the humor of the human experience.

So what I guess I'm saying is this: Your humor is of the deepest kind.

That's very kind of you to say. I do try to make people laugh, especially people I know, usually with rather ridiculous jokes. I have been known to joke online too. I'm not sure why I don't joke here.

Lord Chesterfield said something to the effect that the vulgarity of laughter is best seen by the fact that a man's chair tipping over is enough to set the crowd to roaring with laughter, but the best wit in the world will only evoke a smile.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #1 on:** March 31, 2012, 06:19:29 PM »

You know it's an odd thing, I often don't remember jokes I tell.

Here's an example of a "Catholic pickup line" (I hope it's not too offensive)

"I want to wrap my arms around your swollen belly and feel the quickening of our child."